Bloom's Taxonomy

Learning Objectives of Bloom's Taxonomy along with Learning according to various domains of development.

1. Bloom’s Taxonomy Jemima Sultana Department of Education Aligarh Muslim University

2. Benjamin Bloom Benjamin Samuel Bloom (February 21, 1913 – September 13, 1999) was an American educational psychologist who made contributions to the classification of educational objectives and to the theory of mastery learning. Notable ideas: Bloom’s taxonomy Bloom’s 2 sigma problem Mastery learning

3. Bloom’s Taxonomy Bloom’s taxonomy was created in 1948 by psychologist Benjamin Bloom and several colleagues. It was originally developed in 1956 as a method of classifying educational goals for student performance evaluation. Bloom’s taxonomy has been revised in 1990 then in 2001 and it still utilised in education today.

4. Bloom’s Taxonomy The original intent in creating the taxonomy was to focus on three major domains of learning cognitive , affective and psychomotor . Despite the creators intent to address all three domains bloom’s taxonomy applies only to acquiring knowledge in the cognitive domain which involves intellectual skill development Original bloom’s taxonomy content six developmental categories knowledge , comprehension , application , analysis , synthesis and evaluation

5. 3 Domains

6. 3-H Head(cognitive). Heart(affective). Hand(psychomotor)

7. 1. CognitiveDomain of Bloom’s Taxonomy

8. Revised Bloom Taxonomy (2001) In the new taxonomy, two dimensions are presented: the knowledge dimension and the cognitive dimension. There are four levels on the knowledge dimension: factual , conceptual , procedural , and metacognitive . There are six levels on the cognitive process dimension: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating.

9. Knowledge or Remembering: Th ability to recall data and/or information. Comprehension or Understanding: It is defined as the ability to grasp the meaning of material. Application or Applying: It is referred to the ability to use learned material in new and concrete situations. Analysis or Analysing: At this point, they begin understanding the underlying structure to knowledge and also are able to distinguish between fact and opinion. Evaluation or Evaluating: The evaluation level is where students make judgements about the value of ideas,items, materials and more. Synthesis or Creating: Ability to combine different components or elements to form a whole.

10. Action Verbs of Bloom Taxonomy

11. Educational Implications It is used across grade levels and content areas Using bloom’s taxonomy in the classroom, teachers can assess students on multiple learning outcomes that are aligned to local, state and national standards and objectives. Within each level of the taxonomy, there are various tasks that moves students through the thought process. For teachers Bloom’s taxonomy helps to develop lesson plans. List of action verbs of Bloom taxonomy helps to write learning design in the language that focuses in each level.

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